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Blueberry Lemon Cake

Blueberry Lemon Cake unites the most popular ingredients together: tangy lemon juice and zest with pleasantly sweet fresh blueberries !

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Blueberry Lemon Cake
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 27 minutes
Total Time 47 minutes
Servings 9 squares

Ingredients

  • Ingredients for blueberry syrup:
  • 2 cups fresh blueberries
  • 7 Tbsp sugar
  • 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
  • 2 tsp lemon zest
  • 4 Tbsp unsalted butter, room  temperature
  • Ingredients for lemon cake batter :
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 6 Tbsp unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 7 Tbsp sugar
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
  • 1 Tbsp fresh lemon zest
  • 11 Tbsp milk
  • 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
  • Powdered sugar to dust the cake before serving

Instructions

  1. Combine all blueberry syrup ingredients in small sauce pan and warm on low heat until sugar dissolves and butter melts.

  2. Pour into 8 x 8 inch pan and leave aside.

  3. Preheat the oven to 180 C / 356 F.

  4. In medium sized bowl, mix egg yolks with sugar until smooth. Slowly add rest of lemon cake ingredients to get smooth batter.

  5. Carefully cover blueberry syrup with batter using table spoon.

  6. Bake for 27 minutes or until toothpick inserted in to the batter comes out clean.

  7. Cool the cake completely, cut 9 squares, dust with powdered sugar and serve.